(Table 1) Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic ratios of potential prey species of bearded seals (Erignathus barbatus), Svalbard

• Main Authors: Hindell, Mark A, Lydersen, Christian, Hop, Haakon, Kovacs, Kit Maureen
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2012
• Subjects: Biological sample; BIOS; Habitat; International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; Isotope ratio mass spectrometry; Kongsfjorden_2006_BIOS; Kongsfjorden; Spitsbergen; Arctic; Sample amount; Species; Taxon/taxa; δ13C; standard deviation; δ15N; bearded seal; Erignathus barbatus; International Polar Year; Kongsfjord*; Sea ice; Svalbard
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.811213; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.811213

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